The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-12-02

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i on the night Of The 2i<t. The loss Il 80,
| coo. aud the Insurance SIS, 0oA
a trnE a. Covington. Tenn. on III
morning Of the 1ist, burned r =. SMITH
| family grocery store; Leatherwood
which was located the post-ofIice. aud q
w. Smitheas's law once. The losses were
partially insured.
TtiE Colorado Coal and Iron Company
won It's case against the Gcvcrnmcnt In
the United States Supreme Court.
THE 81. Louis district has passed from
fifth 10 fourth place II tho amount Of
revenue collections during the past year.
JonS CoxRoy, hackman, was murder
ed at Sing Sing. n. ". on the night Of the
e0th. Three Hnngarians named stephen
Maloga, Andrew Uhrin and Geo. label,
are under arrest. charged with the crime.
The Newark COZ Wire-Cloth Works
were destroyed by fire on the 21st. Loss.
$4,000; insurance, about the same amount,
in several comp anies.
JACOB ScHwAB. . weii-known importer
Of laces, was instantly killed At New
York, on the s1st by falling down the
elevator shaft In his warehouse at No SIS
Broadway.
The Servian Government has demand
ed Of Bulgaria an explanation Of the cir
cular declaring that Servian subjects in
Bulgaria will not be admitted 10 the
privileges granted under the capitula-
tions.
SECRETARY WHITNEY has returned to
Washington In improved health. He
was at the Navy Department short time
on the 21st, and afterwards called on the
President. He will not take an active
part in the management Of the Navy De-
partment for several days.
Mas CLEVELAND has, As her guests, Miss
Kingsford, Of Oswego; Miss Minnie Alex
ander, Of Cleveland, o., and Miss Julia
Severance, Of Bridgeport. o.
THE persons arrested in Berlin for
throwing petitions into the Cars car
risge on his recent visit are Russians,
named Kapitmki and Romberg. They
left Russia to escape military service. and
petitioned to be permitted to return to
Russia without punishment.
Ar the session OF the National Grange,
at Lansing. Mich, on the 21st the execu-
tive committee reported $3.50 expended
during the past year for lecturers, and
recommended the establishment OF per-
manent headquarters at Washington.
where records, etc. could be kept.
THE Government receipts during the
present month, up to the 2lst, amounted
70 80. 6s5, S46, and the expenditures 70
So so. $40, showing deficiency Of =, 66i,-
$50. The expenditures include the pay
ment Of SIS, 2sS,s4s ON account OF pen
sions.
JoE RooKER.the cowboy who shot Agent
Gwinn OF Choteau, l. T., was admitted to
bailat Fort Smith on the 10Th, but skipped
his bond on the 21st, to the sorrow OF Dr..
Burr and two other prominent men Of Cho-
teau, who were his bondsmen. Officers are
in pursuit OF the fugitive.
The net gold in the United States Treas
ury on the 2lst was $207. s66o 2o, an in
crease Of nearly S5,0o0.oo0 since the lst in
slant, and an increase Of nearly SO, 0oo, 900
since July last. The circulation Of stand.
ard silver dollars had increased BY over
81 100000 since the 1st instant, and by
nearly $s.0oo,0o0 since July I.
THE London Board Of Trade has award
ed piece Of plate TO Captain Boggs Of
the American Line steamer Indiana, and a
silver medal and two pounds each to
Wilding, Peterson and Anthony, seamen
Of that vessel. for rescuing the crew OK the
British bark Lammergeir.
A CHICAGO paper publishes an article in
which it Is stated that Nina Van Zandt.
Spies proxy wife. il wasting away, food
not having passed her lips since the day
before Spies was hanged
In the fog that prevailed on Lake Michi-
gan on the 2lst the propeller waveriy Of
the Ogdensburg line ran on the rocks at
North point. FIVE miles above Milwaukee.
A relief expedition was sent to her aid
ISFrRNARY oil well. No. ]. at Findlay.
o., caught fire on the 21st. Several frame
buildings and four $1,000 barrel tanks OF
oil were destroyed. The well and tanks
belong to Duke & Myers, Of Findiay, and
their loss Is estimated at $4,000, with no
insurance.
MARTIS VAN SAsP and Robert Wild
were arrested at Boston on the 2lst for
larceny Of $500 Of stock Of the Bruns-
wick Land Improvement and Colonizat ion
Company Of Georgia from A. J. Rogers,
its president. The theft was committed
1t the Old Colony depot in Boston. Mo-
velnber 4.
THE National Opera Company had It's
proceeds seized on the night Of the 2lst at
Cincinnati, ON q writ Of attachment In
favor Of Van Duzsn g. Taylor, Of New
York City.
SuRcEoy-GEyKRAL HAMILTON received q
telegram from DR.. Porter at Tampa, Fla.
on the 21st saying that there were two
new cases and one death from yellow
fever on that day, and that there were ten
cases in the hospital.
THE remains Of W. ID. WEIGH. . travel
ing salesman for Chicago seed house,
were taken to Waukegan, H., on the goth.
WEIGH had gone out duck hunting the day
before. The snow-storm came up, and
not returning . searching party was
formed, and his body was found in the
boat frozen stiff, about two hundred yards
from the shore.
HExRy v. LESLIE and James A. l. vii.
son, the embezzling secretary and treas
urcr OF the Delaware & Chesapeake Canal
Company, pleaded guilty in the Grimm al
Court At Philadelphia, on the 2fst, 20 con
spiracy to cheat and defraud thar COM
rany Of a sum aggregating 300 900 and
were sentenced 70 eight and six years re-
spectively in the Eastern pcnitentiary.
The Calumet & Hccla Company are
fighting the fire in is mine at Hancock,
Mich, on the plan which was adopted
when fire broke out in another part Of the
mine some months ago. The shaft has
been closed and gas IL being forced into
the mine to smother the fire.
MCKAY defeated Conley In the boat race
at Charles River, Mass, on the "a.
REV. w. II. MILLER Of Elk City, Kas..
Is wanted. Il 10 said he has too many